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Drone Through Iceland by Xavier Portela

Some incredible DJI Phantom II footage by Xavier Portela, shot during a recent trip to Iceland.

“13 Days around Iceland”, was filmed by Brussels-based freelance photographer Xavier Portela. He spent 13 days on a road trip around Iceland at the beginning of March capturing the incredibly diverse Icelandic scenery with the help of the DJI Phantom II. Xavier says: “After New-York and Tokyo I was looking for something different, challenging, out of my comfort zone. The main idea was to take pictures but I also wanted to take that opportunity to realise a video of my trip and that’s why I decided to buy a drone.”

As it often goes the initial idea behind a project often changes, Xavier explains “At first, the video was supposed to be just some nice aerial shots. It’s actually my first project with a drone so I wanted to focus on that. However, after one day driving through Iceland, I was so impressed by the diversity of the landscapes and this infinite road number 1 that I had to capture some footage from the car too!”